Probably a bad idea but: I am wondering if it would be useful to invite Musk on for an interview, regarding a third political party

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edit to add: the reason it’s probably a bad idea is that Musk is so untrustworthy at this point, and is probably deeply at odds with what most of us would like to see in a new party. However, Cenk has shown a willingness to allow a wide variety of people to be interviewed, and for all I know might be able to pull off a reasonably self-respecting interview with the Musk.

Fact Check: Musk posted X poll asking if it’s time for 3rd US political party

Cindy Shan

Thu, June 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM MST

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Elon Musk posted a poll on X asking whether it’s time to create a new, third political party in the U.S. that would represent the “80% in the middle.”
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On June 5, 2025, during an explosive public online feud with U.S. President Donald Trump, Elon Musk posted (archive) a poll on X asking: “Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?”

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He is a bad-faith actor; he’s a 0.01 percenter (!)

He is just scrambling to salvage his wealth after an ill-advised sojourn into politics (he was drinking his own Tech Bro Kool Aid; still does…) We should just count our blessings that he is wrecking Bunker Boy.

If somehow he were to walk back all the pointless unempathetic shit he did at DOGE, I’d be all for having him be an active participant in a global economy and political process. But I don’t see how that would be possible, unless he were to accept not being the world’s richest man and pay out of his pocket for all the damage done by DOGE staff (it was not their job to cut; it was their job to make recommendations to Congress, and let Congress decide what to ultimately cut…)

Think he would accept not being the world’s richest man?? Doubt that!

[Not every last thing DOGE recommended cutting was pointless; but it was not their job to cut. Their job was to bring a report to Congress and let them decide. All DOGE workers should have gotten security clearances.]

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Thanks, I agree he’s a bad faith actor, and cannot be trusted. However, Cenk has shown a willingness to interview some pretty unsavory people on TYT; RFK Jr. is who I had in mind when I created this thread. I would be curious, if anyone has seen Cenk talk about the RFK Jr. decision-making, what Cenk has said as to his criteria for inviting people on the show. Well, I imagine that RFK Jr. is probably just plain more irrational than dishonest. I can’t blame myself too much for momentarily having the thought because I (along with many others) am desperate to have better choices in the 2028 Presidential Election (if a fair and free election is allowed by MAGA/Trump to take place at all), and for a moment I allowed myself to hope that Musk could really help even if his intentions remain nefarious. But then I thought it’s probably not a good idea.

Personal note: about 15 months ago I sacrificed a large amount of money (by my standards) to get out of an old-but-good-condition Tesla Model S 70, and replace it with a Kia EV. This meant sacrificing the free supercharging and free connectivity that goes with the car for the rest of its life. The reason I did this was that Tesla continues to employ their CEO. Scroll ahead a few months and that CEO declared himself Dark MAGA, gave a couple of Nazi Salutes at a major event, and supported the return to power in Germany of an extremist right-wing political party. Much of that is a “full stop” for me, particularly given the dozens of millions of people who died the last time that sort of duplicitous right wing extremist thinking took power in Germany. Although I deeply regret the loss of money, I don’t regret the overall decision.

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Well, RFK is nothing like Musk; he doesn’t have the wealth to continue to be dangerous and wreck things for workers. I actually find the freakouts over RFK to be somewhat uncalled for. Is he wrong on some issues? Sure. But he does not have a one-percenter agenda that Bunker Boy and Musk does.

Bannon is another one who you could have a debate with; but with Bunker Boy’s implosion, I would doubt there’s a point now…

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Speculation: Musk appears to be in denial that this will somehow eventually be smoothed over (as evidenced by him redacting his tweets…)

Trumpers will NOT forget it, and given their penchant to illegally abuse federal power, they will pull out all the stops to bust him. So Musk would have to accept that he will no longer be the world’s richest man. For just one example: the hacking arm of intel agencies would attack any digital presence Musk has. And the SEC will rubberstamp all sorts of rules to make any publicly traded company he’s involved with a train wreck (I have always pointed out with regards to the Tesla Boycott, since Tesla is in so many portfolios, what would be in the interest of Americans would be to get him to sell off his ownership -but of course, Trump won’t care if the economy gets further burnt down, so long as he gets even with Musk; being the sick puppy he is, he will enjoy seeing Americans struggle to survive from the comfort of his bunker…)

I just would like to see the abuse of power that has been done by both these guys to come to the quickest end possible. But from an amoral standpoint, Musk has a short time window in which to impart serious damage to Trump.

Being that he is presently in denial, he will continue to putter around; but if he really wanted to use nukes, coming out and confessing that he was in a cult would be devastating for Trump! (IF he were to, he would have to list solid exemplary reasons…) If he makes a good argument, that will cause many more people to put Trumpism in the rearview mirror.

I still would never trust Musk unless he were also to re-compensate Americans for some of the unjust damage he did at DOGE (and he also had no authority to do; that was for Congress -his job was just to compile a report…)

Trump doesn’t realize it, but threatening Musk not to donate to Dems is in our interest. But Trump will find out soon enough that a system that [SO FAR] sanctions BRIBEcoins will make him powerless to stop the funneling of money to Dems!

Wait for many (though certainly not all…) Dems to suddenly get religion about crypto. [Hey: require legal intermediaries and decentralized id, crypto can still work -and for that matter you won’t be able to stop crypto at this point; many traditional financial players have used it now and don’t want it gone…]

Hey, by now you all know what I want: an Independent alliance. It’s time to jet both Parties that do not fight for working class issues and also against pollution, simply because it’s unprofitable to do so..

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Direct Answer from Turks on your question:

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good segment, makes sense, thanks for posting it.